source("../src/00_initialize.R")

library(leaflet)
library(knitr)

hmt <- load_block_group_data(load.cache = T)

## 19:44:07: Attempting to load cached data.

## 19:44:07: File at: C:/Users/justin.elszasz/Code/middle_neighborhoods_analysis/data/raw/hmt/hmt_join_acs.rds

## 19:44:07: HMT data succesfully loaded.

hoods <- get_neighborhood_boundaries()

## 19:44:07: Getting neighborhood boundaries from Open Baltimore @ 
## https://data.baltimorecity.gov/resource/h3fx-54q3.geojson

## Warning in readLines(con): incomplete final line found on 'https://
## data.baltimorecity.gov/resource/h3fx-54q3.geojson'

Housing Market Typology

• Performed every few years by Reinvestment Fund
• Uses 8 variables

The Housing Market Typologies

Our Middle Neighborhoods

Breaking “middle” into “lower middle” (F, G, H) and “upper middle” (D, E) and including “healthy” and "distressed:

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Income levels in our middle neighborhoods are well below area’s

Middle neighborhoods have more older homeowners

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